Assembly Members (Independent Financial Review and Standards) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
PART 1THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL REVIEW PANEL
Establishment and functions
1Establishment and membership of the Panel
2Functions of the Panel
Independent status
3Independence and openness
Appointments, etc.
4Appointments to the Panel
5Disqualification from membership of the Panel
6Termination of membership of the Panel
7Code of conduct for Panel members
8Administration and finance
9Annual report
Procedure
10Meetings of the Panel
Determinations
11Exercise of functions
12Contents of determinations: salaries and allowances
13Contents of determinations: pensions, gratuities and allowances
14Availability of determinations
Miscellaneous
15Meaning of “the Panel”
PART 2THE NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY COMMISSIONER FOR STANDARDS
Establishment and functions
16Establishment of the Commissioner
17Functions of the Commissioner
Independent status
18Independence of the Commissioner
Appointment, etc.
19Appointment of the Commissioner
20Disqualification from being appointed or serving as the Commissioner
21Termination of the Commissioner's appointment
22Further provision about the Commissioner
23Appointment of an Acting Commissioner
Procedure, etc.
24Directions to the Commissioner
Investigations
25Investigations by the Commissioner
26Further investigations
27Reports
Investigatory powers of the Commissioner
28Power to call for witnesses and documents
29Witnesses and documents: notice
30Witnesses: oaths
31Offences
32Protection from defamation actions
33Restriction on disclosure of information
PART 3SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Miscellaneous
34Transitional provisions
35Orders
36Consequential amendments
37Interpretation: general
38Commencement
39Short title
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1DISQUALIFICATION FROM MEMBERSHIP OF THE PANEL
1The following persons are disqualified from being appointed or serving...
2For the purposes of paragraph 1(c), a person becomes a...
3In this Schedule— “civil partner” has the same meaning as...
SCHEDULE 2PANEL: ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS
Terms and conditions
1Subject to sections 4 and 6, the Commission shall determine...
Administrative support and accommodation
2(1) The Commission shall provide the Panel, or ensure that...
Funding
3The Commission shall— (a) pay such sums as are payable...
SCHEDULE 3DISQUALIFICATION FROM BEING APPOINTED OR SERVING AS THE COMMISSIONER
1The following persons are disqualified from being appointed or serving...
2For the purposes of paragraph 1(c), a person becomes a...
3In this Schedule— “civil partner” has the same meaning as...
SCHEDULE 4COMMISSIONER: FURTHER PROVISION
Terms and conditions
1The terms and conditions of appointment applicable to the Commissioner...
Documents
2(1) The application of the seal of the Commissioner is...
Support and accommodation
3(1) The Commission shall provide the Commissioner with such administrative...
Goods and services
4(1) The Commissioner may, on such terms as the Commissioner...
General Powers
5The Commissioner may do anything (except borrow money or employ...
Financial Prudence
6(1) The Commissioner shall, in relation to any liability which...
Annual Report
7The Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable after the end...
Financial Information
8The Commissioner shall provide the Commission with such information about...
Funding
9The Commission shall— (a) pay such sums as are payable...
Validity of actions
10The validity of the exercise of any function of the...
SCHEDULE 5CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
The Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (NI 12)
1In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to that Order, after...
The Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 7)
2In Schedule 2 to the Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland)...
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
3In Part 7 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of...

Assembly Members (Independent Financial Review and Standards) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

2011 CHAPTER 17

An Act to make provision for a Panel to determine the salaries, allowances, pensions and gratuities payable to members and former members of the Northern Ireland Assembly; to make provision for a Northern Ireland Assembly Commissioner for Standards; and for connected purposes.

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows: